Class.forName in Groovy

Class.forName(className) does not work properly in Groovy. If you type Class.forName, the JVM does not use the correct class loader.

The solution is to use this instead:

Thread.currentThread().contextClassLoader.loadClass(className)

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Tags: class loader

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